Will season three be the yr And Simply Like That… figures out what sort of present it desires to be? The primary two seasons have been messy and divisive. New characters have been launched with various levels of success (welcome Seema and Lisa! So lengthy, Che and Nya ), and unique characters have been killed in devastating methods (justice for Stanford). However the costumes have been attractive, and this fantastical candy-colored New York resembled the unique Intercourse and Metropolis sequence. It was a little bit like attending your highschool reunion. The individuals appear acquainted, however they appear and sound so completely different. For this primary episode of season three, the present is making an attempt to right a number of the earlier misfires, nevertheless it’s nonetheless a large number.
After we final left our women, Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) purchased an incredible Gramercy Park home to start out over with Aiden (John Corbett), solely to have him go away city to assist his troubled son, Wyatt. Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) rediscovered her skilled aspect at a non-profit company, and Charlotte (Kristin Davis) went again to work at an artwork gallery. The finale ended with Seema and Carrie on the seashore, sans boyfriends however joyful to be with each other.
“Consequence Good”-AND JUST LIKE THAT…, Pictured: Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw and Sarita Choudhury as Seema Patel. Picture by Craig Blankenhorn/MAX ©2025 MAX. All Rights Reserved
Right here we’re once more, able to rejoice summer time in New York. Carrie and Aiden are nonetheless holding their distance however sending one another clean postcards. Carrie is filling her time adorning her new house and makes an offhand comment about not writing (purple flag!). Finally, Aiden calls her from his truck out on his land, and the 2 interact in supremely awkward telephone intercourse with Carrie’s cat Shoe watching and Aiden unintentionally honking his horn (not a euphemism) whereas making an attempt to take away his pants. Carrie is distracted and lies to Aiden that she continues to be into the intercourse. She feels unhealthy about this and calls him again to inform him the reality and take a look at connecting once more, however he is with Wyatt. We get it. They’re not in the identical place.
Miranda is placing herself on the market on the relationship scene and, in an ungainly alternate at a lesbian bar with Brady’s previous babysitter, catches us up on her life. She divorced Steve, offered the home in Brooklyn, and now lives in an Airbnb. Miranda has a one-night stand with a vacationer named Mary (Rosie O’Donnell), who occurs to be a nun. Sister Mary finally ends up being a stage-five clinger. Nonetheless, she provides Miranda the chance to have a honest dialog about the place she is in her journey and that Miranda understands that Mary has simply began hers. This was truly a candy alternate, and it was nice to see assured, trustworthy Miranda again.
Charlotte’s storyline (in case you can name it that) entails her beloved canine, Richard Burton, being wrongfully accused of attacking one other canine on the park. That is it. That is the storyline. In between, we revisit her annoying youngsters, and Harry is alongside for the trip.
“Consequence Good”-AND JUST LIKE THAT…, Pictured: Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw, Kristin Davis as Charlotte York and Cynthia Nixon as Miranda Hobbes. Picture by Craig Blankenhorn/MAX ©2025 MAX. All Rights Reserved
On to the brand new members of this group. Seema (Sarita Choudhury) continues to be making an attempt to make her relationship with movie director Ravi Gordi (Armin Amiri) work, however the lengthy distance is exhausting. Actually. Whereas ready for Ravi to Facetime her, she falls asleep smoking in mattress and units her mattress on hearth (purple flag!). Seema lastly calls it quits.
Lisa Todd Wexley (Nicole Ari Parker) is pitching her 10-part documentary sequence, and her husband, Herbert (Chris Jackson), is making an attempt to show he is cool in his run for metropolis comptroller.
Anthony continues to be along with his Italian poet Giuseppe (Sebastiano Pigazzi). In a telling alternate with Carrie, they each voice some judgment on her scenario with Aiden and never discovering time to write down. Carrie’s not thrilled by this assertion of the apparent reality (Anthony aptly calls her Rapunzel).
Apart from some shared scenes at New York locales (Lincoln Middle and Pink Rooster) and the truth that all of those characters have a lot cash and so little self-awareness, this actually looks like a number of reveals stitched collectively.
After every episode, I groan and roll my eyes, however I am additionally counting the times to episode quantity two. This might have been an important alternative to showcase ladies of their 50s residing superb lives, nevertheless it’s all model and false substance. Be part of me as I hate watch the third season and convey an unrealistic quantity of optimism that issues will enhance.
Random ideas
In taking a look at Carrie’s giant hat, I could not assist however surprise, “The place’s my childhood Strawberry Shortcake playset?
Carrie’s puns worsen with age.
The kitchens are drool worthy.
Meredith Howell
Meredith lives in Chicago the place she and her husband made certain their two boys have been fluent in all issues popular culture. She loves speaking about all issues GG- Gilmore Women, Gossip Woman, and Golden Women and indulges in a yearly viewing of Satisfaction and Prejudice (the Colin Firth model is the one one acknowledged).